Grave-protector.



No. 873,052 PA'l'BN'lED DEG. l0,- 19071 G. H. KNCHEL. GRAVE PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 15,1907.

2 SHEBTS--SHHET 1 I No. 873,052. PATENTED DEG. 10, 1907. G. H. KNHBL.

GRAVE PROTECTOR.

APLIOATION FILED MAY 15, 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Y Iebult and the e: KNooeEL, oF LANsooWNE,

MARYLAND.

GeeVE-seosowole.

peoiesttonlof Lettere Patent.

, mmm-.ee oec. 143.19097.

Application led Eoylkl. 1907. Serial 1%. 373.85?.

' citizen of the United @tetes of Amece residing et Lansdowne, Eetimo'e v'comet Stets of werjfleod, e invented cesta-m ne f end useful mpovements in Greveoteotos of wlloh the jollowng o speciloetoo.

It frequently happens that in cemeteries es et present meseged the markings of groves become dstmibed end t le identity of the deceased, is ooiopletely lost, so that when relatives o1' fieuds desire to obtain e. oodAF for purposes of removal '1o oen not be fous This condition of offsite 1o ecomnes more pronounced when, es frequently he pens, more than, one body sxpleced in e sing e greve.

Whey@ vistors'ere meng! ood pettoulelly Wheie etteodonee nsucedt, the graves' ere muetL 'oWe-'f oeds thereon ere destroyed o d u'Reged *sod must be often i l decorations enowed in l'der to lle-vie the beds present en ettrootve op eemoce.

llhe pesen't oveo 'on oootempletes the povson of means oolejgtod to 1oe easily end quickly placed io position, Wlleeoy e grime may bev peTma-neotly marked, and constitutes e xed structure, on. which the neme of the deceesed may recorded. itis also adopted to eeeve e sees of memes so placed that by tllel' relative positions the rela-tive lll gle greve may loe records The devi-ee to loo des/embed is of omemental eppeoreese d serves to. maintain y the outline of the mound in Wlnel loel decorations are pleated end off its use tle molind is supported et es. elevation ellos-t dist-ence above the surface toe gound and out of easy eeoh of the feet of pedestrians. The structure s labor in. 'that it obvietes the use of su the trimming oi which is ordine-tl:v l' element in the maintaining of' e cemetery.

The greve pro tecto e substeotslly reotongule' structure, leaving o. vertical substantially xectoog'ulo opening extending theretluougl, end composed of oemeflt, sto31eo r concete, VIM-els may oe renfo'oe by iron. frames. Tloee of its sides .are ist@ olmos upw'eldly ooo. mwe'dly, while the fourth Ve'tioel and edeptedto engage and co erste 'with the let 'fece of e heed-stone if' suce. be any time provided. The fotootoz 1s plee. d mtl; its bottom sorfece sightly embedded io the eethin ordeT theta the soggy posts which fue ovded et 'the heed and foot may be .hi den and covered. These 4 supports oreo different size and popotipw ed ete to theweght which each .must loes?. "As, they extend transversely of' the gmvewel'ld rest et their ends on solid earth, the pretec tol', though {Tequestly mode o less exteixt than the horizontal section ofthe gsevemey 55 lbe placed on e new gmve without incorriig danger of settling with the new earth.

Referring to the accompanying sheets of drowingsr-Fgue l is e perspective View' of the protector in position on e greve, shown in 7G eoruaecton with e greve stone. Fig. 2 is e longitudinal vetoel cross section of the loro teotor sind flows? bed, showing e greve stone in'elevotion. Fig. 3 s'e. transverse vertical section of the protector, flower bed' end e por- 75 tion of the greyeshowng e gevestone 11 ele- Yetion.

The greve protector is e feme of cement,

conteste or' stone, Som/inptlalee external leteral siofeces (2, 3ds f) ioolined upwardly end ,8o

as the fx'ont oi' foot surface (2) end side sus eoes (3, 4) ond o. plein ve'tcel heed o1: reef The nte'nol surfaces of the potector et the font end rees numbered 6 85 and 7 ere vertical., While the internal-side surfeces, 8 eed 9, ore inclined upweffdly end i11-l l .Wardly The foot or front top surfe-ee (l2) posltlons o* o pluroll ty ci occupants of e smis out ewey es shows` in' Figs. 1 endl?. to o'm e Home plete or recording surface (10) which yQ0- s inolned forwardly end downwedly. A second surface (l) which may be used ese eoordug sufece in. cese the greve contains' more than one body, is located on e raised portion of the floot of the potectol end is -95 inclined upvedly end nwal'dly polllel to the l'ont lo cese the gmve is to be occupiedA by o single deceased his neme will place-don the upper 'recording susfece (l0) Wllcowll be' lleeafter tesmed Vthe moin i'ee MB@ co'ding sufece. En cese there me to be two bodies in the greve tloe first deceased will of" course occupy the lower position therein and his neme will be placed on the uppe 'ecoz'd! ing surface. oeesed to 1oe plocedin the greve will. occupy e. position above the st and his neme will be pleced on the fxoot reeordng surfsce (il), Wlglcll willA be hereinafter termed ythe eulsilery eoordog surface. t is, 'of course, ep- ,110 posent that -mote than two deceased oreste occupy the greve the neme of the ilst will be The body of the second de- 3.05'

' placed on the main recording surface, while the names of those'following will be placed the ` in place and the burial, and have its position permanent dislocation oi the stone.

- The bearing in order beginning at the top of the auxiliary recording surface, and the positions of all the bodies therein may be thus recorded, the order of the bodies beginning at the bottom of grave corresponding tothe order of the names beginning on. the main recording surface and reading down the auxiliary recording surface.

The protector is strengthened by the rec--A tanvular members 13 and 14, which are mf led "in the body of the device when it vis turned of cement', and about which the protector may be built when it is made of stone or marble. The transverse supporting members lo and 17 are of suliicient length to ex tend across the grave and engage the solid ground on each side. `These are placed slightly below the surface of the earth so as to be concealed. On these the protector rests, and though it is of anl extent lessthan the horizontal cross section of the` grave, its position is maintained constant thereby and 1t does not settle with the newly placed earth. surface of each support which rests upon the solid earth is referahly proportionate to the amount o weight 1t will have to support. In the embodiment shown the foot ol the protector is heavier' than the head, therefore the foot support (16) is shown of greater transverse. cross section' than the head support (17). The use of these supports which rest on solid earth which has not been disturbed in digging the grave, makes it possible to put the protf'ctor plant iiowers immediately after so itv will not sink.-

A head-stone (18) is shown in cach figure in connection with the protector, the fiat front surface of the stone resting against the ilat outer head surface of tho protector so as to form a neat smooth engagement, and so arranged that thestone may settle rwithout injury to or dislocation oi' the protector and thc protector may settle without injury toor .it is not necessary that a head-stone accompany the grave prof tector, 'as the lett-cris a complete device in itself, designed, however, to cooperate with a head-stoned at any time such. stone be pron vided; and this portion `of the structure has the advantage that while thc protector is completo without a head-stone at the saine 'sition without disturbing the ing a vertical head surface erecto time it admite such stone to be placed in poprotector and cooperates therewith to produce an artistic eilect.

Having thus described in detail yone embodiment of Inv device, I do not Wish to be understood as limiting myself to the details set -forth.

What l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A grave protector, consisting of an elongated upright frame having an opening eX- tending vertically' therethrough and ada ted to inclose a mound of earth, the frame aving three external lateral surfaces upwardly and inwardly inclined and ternal vertical surface adapted to engage a headston'e. A

2. A grave protector consisting of an upright. elongated frame adapted to su port and shape a mound of earth, the said ame having external lateral surfaces upwardly and inwardly inclined, and at the head an eX- ternal vertical surface, the iront top surface being cutaway to forma forwardly; and downwardly inclined recording surface, and an auxiliary recording surface formed of a raised ortion of the front surface.

3. The combination of a grave protector and a headstone which cooperate to-mark and beautify a grave, supports for both members having bearing surfaces engaging the `solid earth and of an area proportionate to the Weight borne thereby, the protector havand the headstone having a cooperating vertical surface so as'to form a neat, joint, to the end that the settling of the protector will not in'ure or move the stone and. the settling of t e stone will not injure or move the protector.

4. vThe vcombination of a grave protector and a headstone, coperating to mark and beautify a grave, a vertical head surface on the protector and a cooperating vertical sur"- face on the headstone, so that the settling of the protector will not injure or move the stone and the settling of the stone Will not injure or move the protector.

Signed by me at Baltimore, Maryland, this 11 day of May, 1907.

oponen n. KNCHEL.

`Vfitnesses EDWARD L. BASH, NEWTON HALL.

at the head an ex- 

